3 in 1...

rode all 3 bikes currently in use over the weekend...
Friday after work i went for a ride down the coast on the pugsley, offroad all the way there and back via trails and harvested stubble fields..



onto the coast at Tyningham and a loop around Sandy Hurst point... high tide and soft going..see the pugs footprint is less than walkers!






headed home via stubble fields when i could, combines were out everywhere throttle to the stop to get the harvest in while it was dry...




an ugly duckling bale?...





and a half lap of the race track home...


stunning sunset...the old WW2 control tower is centre picture...

only 4-5 miles from home and 3 hours riding on soft terrain which is ideal for the pugsley... love riding this bike...

Saturday i took the Karate Monkey 29er for a reccy trailride for a woodland nightride this Wednesday for the TBC rideout,
friend Steven is local to the area and offered to lead a nightride around his local patch. im riding sweeper/tailend charlie so we dont lose anyone down in the woods... with friends Paul,Ian and Andrew along it was a good days riding,
really like the 29er for trail riding...








Sunday i nipped down to Glentress for a quick spin round on the On One 456, around the Red Route and back up for a play on the freeride, after a dry climb the rain came on so only one pic from the top of Spooky Woods...
really like this bike for this kind of riding!

Also got an Endura jacket with the gift voucher i won at the film festival so be warm and dry this winter

Pentlands sunset trails....

Some pics from tonight's weekly TBC organised ride out, was a stunning evening...

There`s been a hanging...

out in the man cave tonight...

the new retro bike rack, all in one place now and keeping the place tidy...

Harvest pics...

a ride to my parents and back today over the Garlton Hills, scenery is lovely this now during harvest time...

back on the pug...

I've hardly ridden the pugsley this last while so headed to the coast today,it is after all mostly the reason i started writing this blog,
every 2nd weekend off from work i get i want to go camping but the weather is always crap!, it poured down Thursday night but although Friday cleared a gale force wind got up!, good news if your a farmer around here wanting to get the harvest in but not what i wanted to go camping locally above the coast somewhere,
but i also think i have lost the motivation to go camping on my own,
this year i have really enjoyed biking with other people after being a bit of a lone rider only socialising at trail centres, this lovely film on the American Fatbike Forum is all about what i would love to do along our coast with friends, just pack bikes go ride and camp...



i really like those aluminium 9zero7 frames with there taller headtube and they would make for a lighter rust free replacement for the pugsley when the day comes...
and anyone know who those frame bags are made by?,
perfect for just tools,spare tube and pump...
maybe one day over here there will be other local guys to go group biking on Fatbikes, apart from riding with friend Gary and his pugsley its still lone rider stuff...
wind was still wild today so rode the usual zig zag route to the coast offroad avoiding a slog into the westerly gale,
only 11am and combines were already out...



another trick up the pugsley`s book of tricks is it is alot better at riding across stubble fields than your regular mtb and i could just ride as the crow flys across harvested fields...


onto the Nature reserve at Aberlady Bay and riding out a lone tank block about opposite where the sewage works is has the date and number...

it was No 11 made that day...

onto the Bay and only an hour from high tide and the WW2 sub wrecks were already under water, did find this water pistol ray gun...

big old log washed up...

tyre pressure was pumped up today to around 15 psi for the ride to the coast and back and while ok for the road and trails it wasnt that good for wet sand now soft with the incoming tide...

so i cut up above Gullane and rode sandy paths East along to Freshwater Haven,
high noon and high tide...

around to the cove below marine villa and although still possible to get around the rocks...

and on to Yellowcraig i couldnt be bothered riding down to North Berwick on a narrow section of beach which now would be soft with the tide and busy with day visitors so cut through Archiefield estate and found a lovely wee trail in a wood which i will film riding another day...
heading home i filmed some more Harvest stuff and decided riding home that our county scenery looks great with fair weather clouds and blue skys...